diff --git a/res/modules/internal/ctypes.lua b/res/modules/internal/ctypes.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..032ea34b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/modules/internal/ctypes.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+local FFI = ffi
+
+FFI.cdef[[
+    unsigned long long strtoull(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base);
+    long long strtoll(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base);
+]]
+
+local this = {}
+
+local function create_integral_type(ctype_name, signed)
+    local parse_func = signed and FFI.C.strtoll or FFI.C.strtoull
+    return function(value, base)
+        value = value or 0
+        local typename = type(value)
+        if typename == "number" then
+            return FFI.cast(ctype_name, value)
+        elseif typename == "string" then
+            if type(base) ~= "number" then
+                base = 10
+            end
+            return parse_func(value, nil, base)
+        end
+        error(string.format("invalid value type: %s", typename))
+    end
+end
+
+
+this.uint8 = create_integral_type("uint8_t", false)
+this.uint16 = create_integral_type("uint16_t", false)
+this.uint32 = create_integral_type("uint32_t", false)
+this.uint64 = create_integral_type("uint64_t", false)
+
+this.int8 = create_integral_type("int8_t", true)
+this.int16 = create_integral_type("int16_t", true)
+this.int32 = create_integral_type("int32_t", true)
+this.int64 = create_integral_type("int64_t", true)
+
+return this
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
index 196bf8942..03de8cbaa 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ FLTview = bytearray.FFIFLTview
 DBLview = bytearray.FFIDBLview
 Bytearray_construct = function(...) return Bytearray(...) end
 
+ctypes = require "core:internal/ctypes"
+
 bit.compile = require "core:bitwise/compiler"
 bit.execute = require "core:bitwise/executor"